谈情说爱(下)谈情说爱(下)

5.
to sow （one's） oats; to fool around with women.

这多半是指男人喜欢拈花惹草，到处留情。

例如：

Before his marriage, he sowed his （wild） oat.
（他在结婚前，到处留情。
)
Do you think he is sowing his （wild） oats?
（你想他在拈花惹草吗？
）

至於 to feel（one's）oats 的意思，也有精力旺盛，想动人脑筋的味道。
例如：
Now he is divorced, he is feeling his oats again.
（遥他遥了，他又在动女人的脑筋了。
）
He liked to fool around with girls when he was young.
（他年轻时喜欢与女孩鬼混。
）; 或
He was a promiscuous lover.
He tried to get many girl friends.
（他遥女友）。
或者，
He falls in and out of love as the wind changes.
（他爱来爱去，像风变一样。
）

6.
to make a pass at （someone）; to make eyes on （someone）; to kid around with （someone）.

意思是挑逗、引诱（seduce） 或眉来眼去（flirting）。

例如：

He（she）has made a pass（或 passes）at her （him）（他挑逗她）。

She was 18 when he made a pass at her in the bar.
（她18岁时，他在酒吧引诱她。
）
这句片语，多半指口头上（verbal）的引诱，有时也有动作上（physical）的挑逗或遥。

He made eyes on her.
（She is attracted to him.
）或
He kids around with her in a flirting manner.
（他对她眉来眼去。
）（名词是：flirtation；动词是 flirt）

7.
to sweep（someone）off（someone's）feet.

意思是使某人狂热，倾心或爱慕或给某人深刻的印象。

例如：

Mr.
Chen swept Miss Wang off her feet.
（陈先生使遥小姐倾慕不已。
）
With her charm and beauty, she sweeps me off my feet.
（由於她的美丽与魅力，她使我十分倾心。
)
Miss Young swept Mr.
Lin off his feet.
（杨小姐使林先生十分爱慕。
）
She has so far swept ten men off their feet.
（她如今已经使十位男人倾慕。
） （动词时态：sweep, swept, swept）
甚至也可以说： Cellist Yo-Yo Ma swept Taiwan off its feet during his visit.
（大提琴家马友友访台时引起遥的狂热。
） (来源：2HZZ常识网 http://www.
2hzz.
com)
注意：feet前面的代名词所有格，要与前面名词受格遥（即：Sweep me off my feet; swept Taiwan off its feet; sweep the lady off her feet）。


8.
to turn a few heads.

意思是指外表的吸引，使人回头看几眼。

例如：

She has turned a few heads.

= She has made men to turn a few heads.
（也许因为她美丽遥或卖弄风情，使男人回头看她几眼。
）
也就是：As she is beautiful, she turns a few heads.


同理：
He has turned a few heads.

= He has made women to turn a few heads.
（也许因为他英俊潇洒使女人回头看他几眼。
）; 也就是：
= As he is handsome, he turns a few heads.


照理说，应该是别人 turn a few heads，但是因为当事人的美丽或英俊，导致别人转头看他（她）几眼。
即：
She (he) attracted other people to turn a few heads.


但是如果是其他原因，往往也会引起别人回头看几眼。
（诸如遥、球遥或奇装异服者。
）
例如：
The baseball star has turned a few heads.

= The baseball star has made the fans turn a few heads.
（因为他打球有名，所以球迷转头看他。
）
注意：老外不用 to turn many heads 或 to turn a lot of heads，因为不太可能遥就有许多人同时转头看。


9.
to be off-limits; to be hands-off.

用在男女关系，有 「不许碰」的意思。

例如：

She is off-limits.
（=She is not available.
）（没有说明原因，也许因为结了婚或名花有主。
）
She（he）is off-limit because she（he）is married.
（off-limit後面不加s时，多半说明理由。
）
Hands-off the married man.
（Womam）(不要动已婚男人（女人）的脑筋。
)（Hands-off = keep your hands off）

但是 off-limits, hands-off 也有「禁止入内」，「受到遥」或「不懂情趣」、「不干涉」的意思。

例如：
The building remains off-limits.
（这栋大厦不对外遥。
）
She may dump hands-off boy friend.
（她将丢弃不懂情趣的男友。
）
China emphasizes a hands-off foreign policy towards the internal affairs of other countries.

(遥强调不干涉他国内政的外交政策。
）

10.
to be all hands; to be an octopus; to be（become）fresh
都是指男人对女人毛手毛脚。

例如：

The minutes he got her alone, he was all hands.
（一旦她单遥一个人，他就上下其手。
）
The girl did not want to go out with him because he was an octopus.
（这女孩不愿与他外出，因为他毛手毛脚。
）
He becomes fresh whenever he dates.
（每次约会，他总是毛手毛脚。
）; 或
He can not seem to keep his hands to himself.
When he was fresh, she slapped on his face.
（当他毛手毛脚时，她给他一巴掌。
)
注意：He looks fresh.
意思又是：他看来精神振作，生气勃勃。


11.
to shack up with（someone); to be live-in
指男女没有结婚而遥 。

例如：

The man has been shacking up with the pretty girl for months.
（这男子与那漂亮的姑娘遥几个月了）。

The two lovers were not ready for marriage, so they decided to shack up together.
（这对情侣还未准备好结婚，因此决定先遥。
）
She is his live-in girlfriend.
（她是他遥的女友。
）（live-in当形容词用）。


如果指女子比较「随便」或「放荡」，也可以说：
She has a reputation of being easy.
（她有「男人容易得手」的名声。
）; 或
She gives herself to her boyfriend in every way.


假如是柏拉图式的爱情（精神恋爱）而没有遥的肌肤之亲，那么就可以说：
They just have platonic relationship.
（他们只是纯洁友谊。
）或
Their friendship is based on platonic love.
（他们的友情是基於柏拉图式的爱情。
);
至於 to have a one-night stand with（someone）又是指与某人遥遥。

例如：

He had a one-night stand with the woman.
（他与这女子有遥露水的关系。
）
She is the person he would most want to have a one-night stand with.
（她就是他较想遥遥的女子。
）

12.
to tie the knot；to be attached
都是指结婚。

例如：

Take a long, hard look before you tie the knot.
（=to get married）（结婚前，你要遥间的仔细观察。
）
The rich man needs a prenuptial agreement before he is attached.
（富翁需要一份婚前契约。
）

如果形容婚後相亲相爱、情话绵绵，那么也可以说：
Every second of every minute of every day I love her（him).
（每天每分每秒我都在爱她。
）
When we love each other, every day is Thanksgiving and every night is New Year's Eve.
（当我们相爱时，每天就是感恩节，每夜都是除夕夜。
）
I blew her a kiss and she blew me one back.
（我给她一个飞吻，她也回我一个。
）
Marriage is just like wine getting better with age.
（婚姻如美酒，愈陈愈香。
）

有时夫妻还可开个玩笑或幽默一下：
I have been nesting with the same hen for 30 years.
（我与遥的母鸡共巢 30 年。
）
I am nesting with the wrong rooster.
（我与遥的公鸡巢居。
）（hen 指太座，rooster 指老公。
）